Enhancing Efficiency: Intelligence of a Standalone Inverter System
<font size="2">Standalone inverters use DC power produced from solar modules or other sources in a battery, and make it available as AC power when required. In applications where the user’s power requirements vary from time to time, designers must be able to connect additional inverters per phase in parallel, or for three-phase operation. </font> Details... more »

Digital Control Crossing the Threshold
<font size="2">Anyone doubting the commercial adoption of digital power management and control technologies need only look at the industry activity over the past year. In 2006, PowerPulse reported on 96 digital IC and 18 digital converter product introductions. Microchip alone had 11 new digital product announcements in 2006, with Intersil, Power-One, Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, Phihong, Analogic Tech, PowerDsine, and STMicroelectronics following close behind. </font> Details... more »

Letter from the editor
<font size="2">The commercial adoption of digital power management and control is expected to pick up steam in the latter part of 2007, with many companies planning to introduce products with varying degrees of digital control capabilities. Such features include failure prediction, auto tuning to optimize efficiency, and using one microcontroller to control multiple functions. </font> Details... more »